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Patented Dec. 21, 1909 v 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 21, 1908.

Patented Dec. 21, 1909.

9423, SHEETS*-SH ALBERT GOLDENETZ, OF DEFIANCE, OHIO.

DELIVERY APPARATUS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 91, 1909.

Application filed September 21, 1908. Serial No. 454,084.

To all 107mm it may concern:

Be it known that T, ALBERT GoLouNn'rz, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and resident of Defiance, in the county of Defiance and Stateof Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in DeliveryApparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to delivery apparatus and more particularly toracks for use on delivery wagons to hold cans.

My device is constructed so that it can readily be fastened to the sideboard of an ordinary delivery wagon and is provided with means to retainthe cans firmly but releasably in position.

This apparatus is particularly useful in delivering oil and gasolene.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of my deliveryapparatus with the cover up. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section. Fig. 3 is aperspective detail of the handle cam and clip. Fig. 4- is a verticalsection between the clips of a pair, the cover and curtain both beingup. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. at, the cover and the curtain bothbeing down. Figs. (3 and 7 are perspective views of modified forms ofclips.

My delivery apparatus comprises a rack having a back wall 1 and endwalls 2 and 3. The back wall has a fixed extension 4 which may or maynot be integral therewith and v y are located at substantially thethlekness of which constitutes a part of the cover.

5 is the movable cover. As shown both the parts i and 5 are curved oncorresponding arcs, the movable cover 5 being provided with end supports(5 which are pivoted to the end walls in any suitable manner as by bolts7. The tops of the end walls are suitably curved to permit the rotationof the movable cover The cover 5 is provided also with a longitudinalgroove 9 along its front edge and with an ordinary curtain roller 10provided with a water proof curtain l1 and journaled in extensions l213of the end supports 6. The end walls are provided with stops 1 t againstwhich the extensions 12-13 rest when the cover is in its lower or closedposition. The end walls are also provided with flanges l617 within whichthe curtain moves and which serve to keep it in place.

The means for supporting and retaining the cans 18 in position is asfollows: 19 is a ledge projecting outward from the wall 1 at or near itsbottom and is designed to form the support on which the rear parts ofthe bottom of the cans rest. This ledge is suitably narrow since thisfacilitates the removal and the replacing of the cans enabling them tobe turned down around the ledge without being pulled forward first. Asshown the apparatus is constructed of sheet metal and the ledge isintegral with the back wall, being folded back upon the front of thewall and curved into a flange substantially U-shaped in cross sectionand having its opening downward. Of course it is not essential toconstruct the apparatus of sheet metal or in precisely the mannerstated, although the construction illustrated is simple and ellective.This ledge is provided with pairs of grooves or slots 20 spaced apartthe width of a can so that each groove receives the bottom of the sideof the can, the bottom of the can being raised slightly above the bottomof the side as indicated at 21.

Spring clips 92 are provided to retain the can releasably in position.These clips except the clip at each end of the rack are arranged inpairs and are spaced apart slightly more than the width of a can so asto be located to grasp the same. They are fastened to the back wall andproject outward therefrom. They are provided with transverse portionswhich, as shown, are substantially at right angles to the body of theclip and a can in advance of the back wall. The transverse portions ofthe clips acting upon a given can project toward each other and theclips are arranged to spring over the front corners of the cans and restagainst the front thereof. It will be apparent that if the clips of agiven pair be considered the t'ansverse portions extend in oppositedirections.

A very convenient feature of my invention is that whereby the cans areadapted to cooperate with the rack to effect their ready releasetherefrom. Each can is provided with a handle pivoted to the sidesthereof at 26, and having extensions 27 below the pivots. Theseextensions are provided with cams 28 which I have illustrated as formedby merely bending the ends of these extensions outwardly atsubstantially right angles and curving them suitably. The inclinationand form of these cams may be varied. These cam projections are so 10-cated with respect to the clips that when the cans are in position theupper side of each cam extension is just under the lower edge of thecorresponding clip. IVhen it is desired to remove a can from the rackthe movable cover is turned back on its pivots, the handle of the can isgrasped and pulled downward and forward around its pivots. As the handlemoves downward and forward the cam projections move upward and rearwardbetween the can and the clips and the cams force the clips sidewise,thus releasing the can and enabling it to be pulled out by the handle.It is obvious that the cans may be readily reinserted in the rack.

29 are strengthening ribs which I have shown located at the back of thewall opposite the spaces between the cans. These are shown as held inposition by bolts 30 in Fig. at. As many of these ribs as are desiredmay be provided with bolts 31 to retain the rack in position on the sideof the wagon body.

It will be obvious that the construction of the aforesaid clips may bevaried and I have illustrated three different forms of clip.

Preferably, I employ a wire clip as illustrated in the principal figuresof the drawing. Such a clip or pair of clips I construct of a piece ofwire which works around a pin 36 in a support 37 which is conveniently,as shown, of sheet metal being formed from a fiat blank by makingparallel cuts therein folding the sides of the blank at right angles onthe line of the cuts, and overlapping the ends 38-39 and &0-4E1, thisbeing possible by reason of the cuts referred to. The pin 36 extendsthrough all four ends. This sup port is conveniently fastened to theback wall in the manner illustrated. The clip itself is formed out of asingle wire as follows: One end 42 of the wire is anchored by one side43 of the support. From the point at which it passes through the side 43the wire is coiled around the pin, then extended outward to form oneside std of the clip, then bent transversely to form the part 45, thenbent and extended across in a direction generally speaking parallel tothat of the pin to form the end 46 ofthe clip, then bent backtransversely to form the part 47 parallel to the part 45, the parts, 45,I6 and at? forming a. transverse portion, then extended inward to formthe side 48 of the clip to the pin around which it is coiled a number oftimes to form the spring 49, from the end of which it is extendedoutward and bent to form the companion clip to the one just describedand its end 51 is finally anchored in the side 52 of its support. Sheetmetal pieces 60 are provided on each clip to permit the cam action ofthe handles and to strengthen the clips.

Modified forms of clips are shown in Figs. 6 and 7, the clip illustratedin the former figure being constructed of a single piece of sheet metalbent to form a pair of clips and having transversely bent portions 55having their outer ends 56 bent back at an angle to facilitate theinsertion of the cans.

The clip illustrated in Fig. 7 comprises a pair of clips each of whichis a separate piece of metal fastened as shown to a block of suit-ableshape, as shown in this figure, in which individual clips 57 and 58 arefastened in any suitable manner to a block It will be apparent that mydevice is compact, that it holds the cans firmly preventing rattling orjarring out of position while at the same time permitting them to bereadily removed, and that it is arranged to afford complete protectionto the cans while at the same time making it as easy as possible toobtain access to them.

hat I claim as my invention is:

1. In apparatus of the character described, a rack for cans comprising awall, a ledge on said wall only partially supporting the cans, springclips projecting from said wall and located and constructed to retainthe cans releasably in position with respect to said wall and ledge, thewidth of the ledge being such that the center of gravity of the filledcans is forward of the edge of the ledge whereby the weight of the cansaids in their removal.

2. in apparatus of the character described, a rack for holding canscomprising a wall, a ledge projecting from said wall, clips projectingfrom said wall and spaced to correspond with the cans, said clips beingprovided with substantially right angular portions at substantially thethickness of the can from the wall to spring over the front corners ofsaid cans and take against the front thereof.

3. In apparatus of the character described in combination, a wall, asupport beneath the ca ns, clips projecting from the wall in pairs,spaced apart slightly more than the width of a can, each clip of eachpair being provided with a portion extending transversely atsubstantially the thickness of the can from the wall in the directionopposite to that of the corresponding portion of the other member of thepair, said transverse portions being so located with respect to the walland can as to spring over the front corners of the can to retain it inposition with its back against the wall.

a. Apparatus of the character described comprising in combination, awall, a ledge projecting therefrom and provided with grooves or slotsspaced apart the width of a can to receive the lower edges of the sidesthereof to assist in holding the cans in position, and spring clipsprojecting from said wall spaced apart substantially the width of a canand provided with means to take against the front of the cans to retainthe same in position.

5. Apparatus of the character described neath the rear portion of thebottoms of the cans and only partially supporting the cans,

spring clips to retain the cans in position with respect to the backwall and ledge, and I a cover pivoted to the end walls and constructedto be turned back to allow tree ac- 1 clips apartand anchored in saidsupport.

cess to the cans.

6. Apparatus of the character described, 1

comprising in combination, a wall, means for releasably supporting ansadjacent thereto, and a cover "for the top of the structure comprising astationary section and a movable section, the movable section beingprovided with a roll curtain adapted to cover the front of thestructure.

7. Apparatus of the character described, comprising in combination, aback wall provid ed with can retaining means, a ledge projectingtherefrom, and end walls, said parts constituting a structure having anopen front and a partially open bottom rendering the cans accessible andreadily removable, a cover pivoted to said structure and carrying acurtain, and means for releasing individual cans, the width of the ledgebeing such that the center of gravity of the tilled cans forward of theedge of the ledge whereby the weight of the cans aids in their removal.

8. Apparatus of the character described comprising in combination, aback wall, end walls, means for supporting cans releasably adjacent tothe back wall, a cover having angular extensions pivoted to the endwalls, 1

and a curtain mounted at the front edge of I adapted to be retained insuch position by said cover.

5). Apparatus of the character described comprising in combination, aback wall, end walls, flanges adjacent the front edges of said end 'allsand projecting transversely toward each other, means for supporting 5cans releasably adjacent to the back wall, a pivoted cover, a rollerjournaled at the front edge of said cover, and a curtain on said rollerso located and of such width as to be capable of being pulled down infront of the cans with its edges within the flanges on the end walls.

l0. Apparatus of the character described comprising in combination, aback wall, end walls, means to support cans releasably adjacent to saidback wall, said back wall having at its top an extension curvedforwardly and upwardly, a ctufrespondingly curved cover pivoted to theend walls and serving when turned forward to complete with the extensionreferred to the cover of the rack, stops on said end walls for saidpivoted cover, a longitudinal groove along the front of said pivotedcover, a roller supported adjacent said groove and projecting into it,and a water proof curtain on the said roller.

11. In apparatus of the character described, a support, and a wireanchored in said support and bent to term a pair of clips and a springacting to -force the clips apart.

12. in apparatus ol the character described, a support, a pin therein,and a wire located to work around the pin, formed into,

clips and into a spring acting to force the t ln apparatus of the classdescribed a support, a pin therein, and a wire bent around said pin andmitavardly tlwrc'lrom to form a spring and a pair of clips oppositelypressed thereby, the two ends of said wire being anchored in saidsupport.

l t. In apparatus of the class described, a support, a pin therein, anda wire anchored in said support, bent around said pin and outwardlytherefrom and back again thereto, to form a spring and a clip pressedthereby.

to. In apparatus of the character described a support, a double springclip comprising a pin in said support, a wire bent around said pin,extended outward therefrom, substantially parallel therewith, back uponitself to the pin, coiled into a spiral spring around said pin, and thenextended outwardly from the pin, parallel to the pin, back upon itselfto the pin and. around it to form a pair ot oppositely pressed springclips, both ends o'lt' said wire being anchored in said support.

16. Apparatus of the character described comprising in combination, awall, a support thereon for cans, means projecting from said wall fornormally retaining cans on said support adjacent said wall, cans suchmeans, and releasing means movably mounted on individual cans forengaging their respective retaining means to release the cans retainedthereby.

l7. Apparatus of the character described comprising in combination, awall, a sup portthereon tor cans, clips projecting from said wall tohold cans releasably, cans' adapted to be retained in position by saidclips, handles pivoted on said cans and provided with means adapted andarranged to act upon the clips to release the cans.

18. Apparatus of the character described comprising in combination, awall, means projecting therefrom to hold a can releasably adjacentthereto, cans adapted to be retained in position by said means, andhandle controlled cams on said cans adapted and arranged to release theholding means.

19. Apparatus of the character described comprising in combination, aall, cans supported thereby, means on the wall adapted to support thebottoms of the cans, spring clips suitably spaced and related to thecans to hold them in position with respect to the back wall andsupporting means, and handle controlled cams on the cans adapted andarranged to act upon the spring clips to release the same to permit thewithdrawal of a can.

20. Apparatus of the character described comprising in combination, awall, a. ledge on said wall, spring clips projecting outward from thewall, cans resting on said ledge and adapted to be retained in positionby said clips, the clips being suitably spaced and being; provided withtransverse portions arranged to spring toward each other and embrace thefront corners of the can between them, handles pivoted to said cans andprovided with cam projections below the pivots adjacent said clips andadapted when the handle is moved downward about its pivots to actagainst the inner sides of the clips to j comprising in combination, asupport for 20 cans, cans on said support, clips adjacent the cans torretaining them in position, and

cams carried'by individual cans and n10v able with respect thereto toact on the respective clips to release the cans retained thereby.

Signed by me at Defiance ()hio this 18 day of Sept. 1908.

ALBE 1T GOLDENETZ. Witnesses JOHN VVLNN, IIARRIET BLAIR.

